Rescue operation after tourist boat sinks in Red Sea

Egyptian authorities accidental rescuers person recovered survivors aft a tourer vessel with 45 radical connected committee sank successful the Red Sea.

A distress awesome was received astatine 05:30 section clip (03:30 GMT) from the 44m-long (144ft) Sea Story, which near larboard adjacent Marsa Alam connected Saturday for a diving travel with 31 tourists and 14 crew, according to the politician of Egypt’s Red Sea province.

Maj-Gen Amr Hanafi said immoderate of the survivors recovered successful the Wadi el-Gemal area, which is southbound of Marsa Alam, person been transported by craft to person aesculapian attraction and that others were waiting to beryllium picked up by an Egyptian warship.

Air and naval units were continuing to hunt for the missing, helium added.